LAPD officer arrested for smuggling illegal immigrants (Photo: FOX)
A Los Angeles Police Department officer was busted by the U.S. Border Patrol on Tuesday April 24, after he was caught trying to smuggle two illegal immigrants into the U.S.
Officer Mambasse Koulabalo Patara was charged Wednesday with “violating immigration laws” and could face up to five years in prison if convicted, CBS2 reported.
The officer was driving Tuesday morning when he hit a checkpoint in Pine Valley about 12 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S.
Border Patrol agents interviewed Patara and two male passengers in his vehicle. Patara showed agents his badge and said he was off duty. When he was patted down, agents discovered his “service issued gun in his waistband,” the complaint stated. …
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